UW Gala Holiday Concerts this Weekend

December 2, 2009

University of Wyoming music ensembles will perform holiday favorites
during the annual Gala Holiday concerts Sunday, Dec. 6. The matinee
performance is at 3 p.m., and the night performance is at 8, both in the
Fine Arts Center concert hall.

The Symphony Association holiday dinner will be held between the two
performances at 6 p.m. in the Alice Hardie Stevens Center at the Laramie
Plains Museum.

Tickets for the concerts cost $10 for the public, $7 for seniors and
$6 for students. Dinner tickets are $40, with proceeds going to the
Symphony Association scholarship fund. All tickets are available through
the Wyoming Union ticket office and the Fine Arts ticket office by
calling (307) 766-6666 or visiting www.uwyo.edu/finearts.

"The music will range from light-hearted to sacred, and the concert
will end with a sing-along version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas,'"
says Michael Griffith, UW director of orchestral activities. "These
concerts are always favorites for audiences of all ages."

Among the UW concert ensembles performing are the Bel Canto Women's
Choir, Civic Chorus, Happy Jacks, Singing Statesmen, Symphony Orchestra,
Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the Wind Symphony. Conductors include Robert
Belser, James Bowyer, Griffith and Nicole Lamartine. A tuba ensemble
will perform in the lobby before the concert.